Previously known as Barnes Film Festival, London Breeze Film Festival is getting ready for a year of events before the main festival.
London Breeze Film Festival held its first event under its new name. The festival used to go by Barnes Film Festival, but the festival is doing a bit of a rebrand before its 2024 edition. On Wednesday 6th December, London Breeze Film Festival showcased five new films from emerging UK voices. The event was sold out.
The films screened were The Archive: Queer Nigerians, which also won the Short Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival, Ratthum/Blood, Essex Girls, Gorka and Smoking Dolphins.
This December’s event was its first since relaunching the festival under a new name, but London Breeze Film Festival also held a launch event in October where it unveiled its rebrand and ambitious new plans.
“It’s the fulfilment of our goal to...
London Breeze Film Festival held its first event under its new name. The festival used to go by Barnes Film Festival, but the festival is doing a bit of a rebrand before its 2024 edition. On Wednesday 6th December, London Breeze Film Festival showcased five new films from emerging UK voices. The event was sold out.
The films screened were The Archive: Queer Nigerians, which also won the Short Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival, Ratthum/Blood, Essex Girls, Gorka and Smoking Dolphins.
This December’s event was its first since relaunching the festival under a new name, but London Breeze Film Festival also held a launch event in October where it unveiled its rebrand and ambitious new plans.
“It’s the fulfilment of our goal to...
- 12/8/2023
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
35 international documentary projects include 11 first-time feature directors.
New works from Mark Cousins and Cow producer Kat Mansoor are among 35 documentary projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket pitching forum, which returns as an in-person event for 2022 from June 27-28.
The event will run in-person for the first time since 2019; and will continue online in the days following the festival. The selected titles are a mixture of theatrical features, and projects being made for television.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Cousins is presenting UK title A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, produced by Adam Dawtrey and Mary Bell.
New works from Mark Cousins and Cow producer Kat Mansoor are among 35 documentary projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket pitching forum, which returns as an in-person event for 2022 from June 27-28.
The event will run in-person for the first time since 2019; and will continue online in the days following the festival. The selected titles are a mixture of theatrical features, and projects being made for television.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Cousins is presenting UK title A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, produced by Adam Dawtrey and Mary Bell.
- 4/28/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
35 international documentary projects include 11 first-time feature directors.
New works from Mark Cousins and Cow producer Kat Mansoor are among 35 documentary projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket pitching forum, which returns as an in-person event for 2022 from June 27-28.
The event will run in-person for the first time since 2019; and will continue online in the days following the festival. The selected titles are a mixture of theatrical features, and projects being made for television.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Northern Irish filmmaker Cousins is presenting UK title A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, produced by Adam Dawtrey and Mary Bell.
New works from Mark Cousins and Cow producer Kat Mansoor are among 35 documentary projects selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket pitching forum, which returns as an in-person event for 2022 from June 27-28.
The event will run in-person for the first time since 2019; and will continue online in the days following the festival. The selected titles are a mixture of theatrical features, and projects being made for television.
Scroll down for the full list of projects
Northern Irish filmmaker Cousins is presenting UK title A Sudden Glimpse To Deeper Things, produced by Adam Dawtrey and Mary Bell.
- 4/28/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! and Ali and His Miracle Sheep took the top prizes at Sheffield DocFest Photo: Courtesy of Sheffield DocFest Sheffield DocFest announced the winners at the weekend after this year's hybrid edition of local screenings and online streaming.
Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! - a collaboration between Brazilian indigenous filmmakers Isael and Sueli Maxakali, along with Carolina Canguçu and Roberto Romero about land disenfranchisement - won the International Competition, while the UK Competition prize went to short film, Iraq/UK coproduction Ali And His Miracle Sheep, directed by Maythem Ridha.
The full list of awards is below:
International Competition
Best Film: Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! Special Jury Award: Equatorial Constellations Special Mentions: Summer; Double Layered Town/Making a Song to Replace Our Positions
UK Competition
Best Film: Ali And His...
Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! - a collaboration between Brazilian indigenous filmmakers Isael and Sueli Maxakali, along with Carolina Canguçu and Roberto Romero about land disenfranchisement - won the International Competition, while the UK Competition prize went to short film, Iraq/UK coproduction Ali And His Miracle Sheep, directed by Maythem Ridha.
The full list of awards is below:
International Competition
Best Film: Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! Special Jury Award: Equatorial Constellations Special Mentions: Summer; Double Layered Town/Making a Song to Replace Our Positions
UK Competition
Best Film: Ali And His...
- 6/14/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Documentaries from Brazil, the UK and Colombia among those awarded.
Brazilian documentary Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! has been awarded the best international film prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021.
The film, directed by Brazilian Indigenous filmmakers Isael and Sueli Maxakali and collaborators Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero, exposes the hardship of the Tikmun’un people following the arrival of white settlers.
The documentary was selected from 11 features that played in the international competition of Doc/Fest, which took place as a hybrid event from June 4-13.
At a physical ceremony, hosted by festival director Cintia Gil...
Brazilian documentary Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: This Land Is Our Land! has been awarded the best international film prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021.
The film, directed by Brazilian Indigenous filmmakers Isael and Sueli Maxakali and collaborators Carolina Canguçu, Roberto Romero, exposes the hardship of the Tikmun’un people following the arrival of white settlers.
The documentary was selected from 11 features that played in the international competition of Doc/Fest, which took place as a hybrid event from June 4-13.
At a physical ceremony, hosted by festival director Cintia Gil...
- 6/14/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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